The Idaho closed primary fight: back to square one (Submitted by Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman) And the irony of all of this is, for all the holes in the Republicans' evidence, they may still prevail on constitutional issues. Their most compelling legal argument centers on the First Amendment protection that allows political groups the freedom to associate.

Cahill enters race for governor (By Andrea Estes, Boston Globe) Cahill, a longtime Democrat who was elected treasurer in 2002, dropped out of the Democratic Party this summer, saying he felt out of place in a party that he believed was taxing and spending too much.